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When Will the Media Industry Embrace the BORA Principle?

2007-03-22 10:06:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...faced with two choices: restrict access to the entity by limiting and hardening access points or decrease the exploitability of the entity once compromised Many industries have fought BORA, which is akin to fighting gravity. I can think of three this morning, namely the software, credit card, and media industries. Its infuriating to think of...
 
Tags: credit card, credit, credit card industry, credit card fraud, industry, media industry, cut fraud, fraud, credit cards
 
 
 
 
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Justice, in one case at least

2008-01-31 16:48:08 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...faced a bank (in her case, Egg) claiming that as its systems were secure, she must be trying to defraud them; and like John, she faced police expert evidence that was technically illiterate and just took the banks claims as gospel In her case, Egg said that the transactions must have been done with the card issued to her rather than using a...
 
Tags: card, circuit card, transaction, john, bank, transaction code, bank statement, emv card, egg
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...faced with a gain, about 85 percent of people chose the sure smaller gain over the risky larger gain. But when faced with a loss, about 70 percent chose the risky larger loss over the sure smaller loss This experiment, repeated again and again by many researchers, across ages, genders, cultures and even species, rocked economics, yielded the...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #53

2007-03-12 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (07:33 Data leakage is an issue IT organizations are faced with everyday. USB flash drives cause security concerns throughout the enterprise. We speak with Ron LaPedis of SanDisk Corporation about the security of such devices and their uses beyond portable storage
 
Tags: security, security concerns, usb flash, portable storage, ron lapedis, sandisk corporation, data leakage, enterprise, listendownload
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...faced many problems in the modernization Durra because of their Alcockez, and the present quality, The programme is designed to automatically update speeds Their "pitch We note that our enemies Zionists have such groups in order to eliminate sites and sites of resistance Islamic profess. The notes on the Internet that many of the sites...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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Who Are the Experts, and What Have They Done for Us Lately?

2008-01-07 09:15:52 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
The author looks at the problems faced by those claiming to have computer security expertise and by those who use computer security experts, and ponder whether it's possible to determine if these experts are actually improving computer security
 
Tags: experts, computer security experts, computer security, computer security expertise, determine, author, faced, ponder
 
 
 
 
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Don't Try This At Home

2007-11-05 21:52:28 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...faced, and we can learn from their successes and mistakes. Theres been a fair amount of good work done in patterns in software, and we even have design principles that we can use. Sometimes, the work being done is really new and different, and theres a need to create innovative mitigations The security experts in the audience are cringing at...
 
Tags: mitigations, custom mitigations, security mitigations, innovative mitigations, software projects, software, expert, design, design principles
 
 
 
 
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NAP case study published

2008-02-01 11:50:25 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...faced network disruptions in the past due to noncompliant computers, the county needed a new security solution. In response, it is deploying Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of Network Access Protection (NAP). After an initial deployment, help-desk call volume decreased by 75 percent, for a projected annual savings of more than...
 
Tags: network, network access protection, nap, fulton county serves, faced network disruptions, county, help-desk call volume, infrastructure includes mainframes, multiple topologies
 
 
 
 
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Theft from vendor affects Modesto City Schools employees

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2008-02-12 15:03:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...faced with these issues," Pierce said. "But (the district) gave us an entire two pages of steps of who to go to, who to contact. It made it very, very easy for us to follow through on it Commentary I am actually impressed with how well the school responded to this breach. It appears that they notified employees in a timely manner. The school...
 
Tags: district officials, district, district employees, school district, school district employees, employees, sensitive personal information, information, provide information
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...faced ever since we came down from the trees. This doesnt mean we should ignore them or become too agitated. It means that we can apply the common sense most of us already have, aided with numerous tools and bits of good advice from software vendors, andmost importantlya cadre of IT pros who can help their FFNs become savvy enough to protect...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site